Word: mottes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Today the first of the hare and hound runs will be held. These runs give very pleasant and beneficial exercise to those who wish to keep in training after the class football and tennis season ends and to those who intend to try for the Mott Haven team this year. They will also aid Captain Vincent greatly in picking out men of ability for the long distance runs...
This afternoon the Fall 'Varsity Handicap Track Games will be held on Holmes Field. Partly because there are no seats on the Field and partly to increase the interest in the work of the Mott Haven Team, no admission will be charged...
...object of the Freshman Track Games, to be held on Holmes Field, Oct. 30, is to induce men who have had little or no experience in track athletics to come out and try for the Mott Haven Team. Men who think they have no ability in track athletics, merely because they have never taken any part in them, are the very ones who ought and who are most urged to come out. Many of Harvard's best track and field athletes never tried running, jumping or weight throwing until they came to college. The Freshman games are open to Freshmen...
Active work on the track has already been begun by many of last year's Mott Haven team. Of the old men, Redpath in the sprints, Fish, Vincent and Hollister in the middle distance, and Grant in the mile are practicing daily. Of the field men, J. G. Clark, Stickney, Emmons and E. H. Clark are back, as is also Morse in the hurdles, Philipps in the walk, and Hewitt in the bicycle. Two new men-Gould and Irwin-Martin, of the Freshman Class-are both fast quarter-milers, though no other especially good men have so far appeared from...
...importance that all men in the Freshman Class who have any intention of trying for the Mott Haven Team next spring should compete in the athletic games later in the fall, and they should begin to train for them now. In several of the events it is impossible to get new men into good condition in the short spring season. This is especially true of hurdle racing, shot-putting and hammer-throwing. In the Freshman and fall handicap games the Freshman has the best opportunity of showing what he can do. If he starts training now and shows ability...